Jovanka Spiric

Short Bio Jovanka holds a Master degree in Environmental Sciences (JEMES - Joint European Master Studies in Environmental Sciences, Erasmus Mundus Programme) and a Bachelor degree in Ecology and Environmental Protection from University of Belgrade, Serbia. She has a field work experience in the Nhambita community carbon project, Mozambique, where she conducted her master thesis research. Currently, she is doing a research in carbon forestry and traditional ecological knowledge. With her work she is trying to bridge the critical gap in understanding the impacts at the interface between local people, project managers, forests, and carbon by investigating how carbon forestry projects change the local communities' institutions and forest management practices. Jovanka is also an activist in NGO Endemit from Belgrade and was involved in the CECEEC (Civil Society Engagement with Ecological Economics) project funded by European Commission.

Selected Publication: Spiric J., 2010. Investigating the development of REDD scheme implemented in the Nhambita community carbon project, Mozambique. First prize for the best talk at the Student Conference in Conservation Science 2010, University of Cambridge, UK Barbir J., Leal Filho W., Spiric J., 2009. An appraisal of measures to cope with climate change in the Baltic Sea, Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, Volume: 20, Issue: 1, Page: 82 – 91, Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited